Sad-iron.



c. c. MEEKER.

SAD IRON.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2. |917.

Mwmmm Patented Apr. 23,1918.

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CHARLES C. MEEKER, 0E NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNR T0 BLISS & BRAKE, 0FNEWARK, v1\T EW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SAD-IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

rarement apr.. as, isis..

Application led .Tune 2, 1917. Serial No. 172,351.

To all whom t may concern:

be it known that I, CHARLES C. MEEKER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of N ewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons,of vwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in gas sad-irons, and it consistsin the novel features, structure and combinations of parts hereinafterdescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims. rihe object ofthe invention is to provide a gas sad-iron of novel and improvedconstruction and capable of successful use. Among the more importantobjects of the invention are to provide for adequate combustion withinthe body of the iron, the correct heating of the lower part of the ironso that the ironing surface may be maintained at a proper temperature,efficient means for supplying an adequate volume of air for maintainingproper combustion at the burner within the chamber of the iron, andimproved means for securing the burner within the iron and the properconnection of the burner with the supply pipe leading thereto andconnectedwith the iron, and also to provide a hinged cover for the ironadapted to receive the handle and of such special construction that saidcover may be easily manufactured and also contain an adequate airchamber serving to retard radiation of heat to the hand of the personoperating the iron.

The iron of my invention comprises a hollow body portion, a novel hingedcover thereon carrying the handle, an elongated burner extendinglengthwise within thehollow body portion of the iron, means forsupplying a regulated quantity of gas to said burner, and longitudinaland transverse air conduits for supplying air to the interior of theiron below the iurner, whose outlet orifices are at the lower sidethereof, one of said'conduits extending longitudinally from the rear endof the iron forwardly lto the front end thereof through the bottom ofthe iron, and the other or transverse conduits leading from the sides ofthe iron through the bottom thereof to said longitudinal conduit, andopenings being provided in the top of said longitudinal conduit throughwhich the air may ascend to' the burner.

r111e invention will befully understood vention, the section being onthe dotted line 1-.-1 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a top view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a rear end view of the same;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section through the body of the iron and ispresented to illustrate the arrangement of the air conduits extendinglongitudinally and transversely in the bottom of the iron;

Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section, partly broken away through thesame, taken on the dotted line 5*-5 0f Fig. 4, and M Fig. 6 is avertical transverse section through the burner, taken on the dotted line6 6 of Fig. 1.

1n the drawings, 10 designates the body of the iron, 1l the coverthereon, 12 the handle connected with said cover, 13 the gas supply pipeconnected with the body l0, and 14 an elongated burner applied withinthe hollow interior of the body 10 and resting at its rear end upon anintegral raised portion l5 at the bottom of said body and at its frontend upon a raised portion 16 of said body, the front end of said burner141 correspondingly shaped recess 17 in theV front inner wall of thebody 10 above the seat 16 for the front end or portion of they burner.The body 10 may be of any convenient outline and in the form shown has apointed forward end and sides diverging therefrom on curved lines to therear end of said body which is reasonably broad. as shown. The body 10has a hollow interior and is cast with an open upper end, and the sidesof the body 10 are formed in their upper portions with elongatedopenings 18, while the rear end of said body is formed in its upper edgewith openings or recesses 19. The rear end of the body 10 is also formedwith an opening 20 to receive the lower end of the gas supply pipe 13which is threaded and engages a thread in the walls of said opening 20.The lower end of the gas supply pipe 13 is screwed into the opening 20and bears tightly against the rear end of the burner 14, and finally thepipe 13 is clamped in position by means of a nut 21 which is on thethreaded end of said pipe and .may be screwed up against the rear end ofthe iron. The lower or forward end of the pipe 13 is'b'eveled andengages a beveled seat in the end of the burner 14, and when screwedagainst the burner 14 binds the same in fixed position and creates a gastight oint, as shown in Fig. 1.

The cover 11 fits over the upper end of `the body 10, and atits forwardend is formed with ears 22 vwhich straddle a lug 23 lextending upwardlyfrom the said body, and said cover is hinged to said body by means of apin extending transverselythrough said rhe rear end of the cover is lcured together by rivets 30 which are alsok utilized to secure the frame31 forthe handle-12' to said cover. The plate 9.8 is recessed at itslower side, as at 32, thisrecessI extending nearly the entire length andwidth of the vbottom of the plate 28 and being einbordered by anencompassing flange 33. The bottom plate 29 is spaced fromV the plate 28at each side of the iron by a series of upwardly extending projections34 which en- .gage the flange 33 at opposite sides of the cover andleave between them passages 35 for the entrance of air to the chamberformed between the plates 28, 29, this chamber being commodious byreason of the reeessing of the bottom of the plate 28. The plates 28, 29are formed with hubs, as shown in Fig. 1, to receive the rivets 30 andspace the frame 31 from the cover and aid in spacing the plates Q8, 29apart, said hubs also making it convenient to apply the rivets 3()through the frame 31, plate Q8 and plate 29. The chamber' between theplates 28, 29 of the cover by being freely open to the air retardsV theradiation of heat to the hand of the user of the iron.

The burner 14 is a hollow elongated casting extending from the rear tothe front end of the body of the iron and provided at opposite sideedges of its lower portion with burner vorifices 36 for thek gas. Theburner 14 is hollow, as shown in Fig. V6, and preferably lined with wiregauze 37 which covers over the innerends of the orifices 36.l The burner14 has at its rear end a broad foot 38 which rests'flatY upon the rearend of the raised portion 15 of the bottom of the iron, as sho'wii inFig. l, and at itsfront end said burneris pointedk and enters the recess17,

as' aforesaid, which centers the front end Aof t-he'burner upon thesupport 16. Y The hroad flat foot 38 not only' supports the rear end ofthe burner 14, but prevents the burner during the screwing of the pipe13 against it, from having any rotary movement.

The bottom of the iro-n on its upper surface is formed with alongitudinal raised portion 15 whose rear end is broadened, as shown inFig. 4, and receives the foot 3S of the burner 14. rEhe raised portion15 is hollow and in communication with an opening 39 formed in the rearend of the iron and also with transverse conduits 40 through which airmay pass to the chamber formed within said portion 15. Air also entersthe chamber of said portion 15 through the opening 39, and said raisedportion 15 of the bottom of the iron is formed in its upper surface witha series of apertures 41 out through which the air may pass forsupporting combustion at the burner orifices 36, the burner 14 beinglongitudinally over said portion 15. The conduits 40 are formed in thebottom of the body of the iron, as shown in Fig. 5, and preferably theseconduits will be arranged in staggered order, as indicated by the dottedlines in Fig. 4.

The gas pipe 13 with its nipple to receive a flexible gas-tube andhaving air inlets near its upper end, is of known type, with theexception that in this instance the lower end of said tube is threadedinto the back of the iron and acts to force the burner 14 against thefront end of the iron, this pressure not only serving to locate theburner 14- in permanent position, but also permitting such engagement ofthe lower end of the pipe 13 with the burner as to create a gas tightjoint between them.

The construction and arrangement of the conduits 40 and the elongatedair chamber 42 within the bottom of the iron and the raised portion 15thereof, have been found to' be very eiiicient in properly supplying airto support combustion. The opening 39 at the rear end of the chamber 42has outwardlydiverging side walls so that the outer end of the openingat the outer surface of the iron is commodious, as indicated in Figs. 3and 4. The openings 41 in the raised portion 15 are in near relation tothe bottom of the' burner 14, and hence deliver the air close to andbetween the two rows of flames which, when the iron is in use, are atthe orifices 36.

My invention resides more particularly in the construction of the bottomof the iron and the mounting of the burner 14 thereover, and in theconstruction of the cover 11. The iron as a whole has been designed withthe view of securing maximum eiiiciency, of enabling the maintenance ofa proper and uniform heat atthe bottom of the iron, of obviating anydanger of the flames within the iron reaching the clothing of the'operator or the goods being` Y ironed, of preventing undue heat-ing ofthe cover of the iron and of providing a construction of durablecharacter and capable of being readily manufactured and sold atreasonable expense.

What l claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-liatent,vis:

l. A gas sad-iron comprising a hollow body portion having a cover andhandle, an elongated gas burner longitudinally disposed y within saidbody portion over the bottom thereof and having outlet orifices at itslower opposite edges, cenduits in the bottom of the iron for admittingair to and through the central portion thereof below said burner, andmeans forvsupplying gas to the burner and securingthe burner inposition, comprising a pipe threaded in a hole in the rear end of theiron and screwed against the rear end of the burner, and a nut on saidpipe to bind against the rear end of the iron.

2. A gas sad-iron comprising a lhollow body portion having a cover andhandle, an elongated gas burner longitudinally disposed within said bodyportion over the bottom thereof and having outlet orilices at its loweropposite edges, conduits in the bottom of the iron for admitting air toand through the central portion thereof below said burner, and means forsupplying gas to the burner and securing the burner in position,comprising a pipe threaded in a hole in the rear end of the iron andscrewed against the rear end of the burner, and a nut on said pipe tobind against the rear end of the iron, the outlet end of said pipe beingbeveled and the rear end of said burner being correspondingly beveled toform a seat for the pipe and permit the creation of a gas tight joint.

8. A gas sad-iron comprising a hollow body portion having a cover andhandle, an elongated gas burner longitudinally disposed within said bodyportion over the bottom thereof and having outlet orifices at its loweropposite edges and a foot at its rear end to rest upon a portion of theiron and a projection on its front end to enter a recess in the innerfront wall of the iron, conduits in the bottom of the iron for admittingair to and through the central portion thereof below said burner, andmeans for supplying gas to the burner and securing the burner inposition, comprising a pipe threaded in a hole in the rear end of theiron and screwed against the rear end of the burner, and a nut on saidpipe to bind against the rear end of the iron.

4. A gas sad-iron comprising a yhollow body portion having a cover andhandle, a hollow elongated gas burner longitudinally disposed withinsaid body portion over the bottom thereof and having at its lowerportion a series of outlet orifices for gas, an air conduit leading fromthe outside of the rear end of the iron longitudinally through thebottom of the iron and having discharge openings in its top, and airconduits leading laterally through the bottom of the iron to saidlongitudinal conduit, the bottom of the iron having a longitudinalraised portion on its upper surface to aid in affording space for saidlongitudinal conduit and which portion is broadened at its rear end, andsaid burner having a foot to rest upon said broadened end of said raisedportion.

5. A gas sad-iron comprising a hollow body portion having a cover andhandle, an elongated gas burner longitudinally disposed within said bodyportion overthe bottom thereof and having outlet orices at itsv loweropposite edges and a foot at its rear end to rest upon a portion of theiron and a projection on its front end to enter a recess in the innerfront wall of the iron, conduits in the bottom of the iron for admittingair to and through the central portion thereof below said burner, andmeans for supplying gas to the burner and securing the burner inposition, comprising a pipe entering the rear end of the iron andengaging the rear end of the burner for binding said burner againsttheforward portion of the iron.

Signed at Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, this18th day of April, A. D. 1917.

CHARLES C. MEEKER.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR DRAKE, FRED. G. BUCKLEY.

4Homes oi' this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patenti.

Washington, D. CJ

Correction in Letters Patent No.`l,263,9l 6

It is hereby certied that the assignee in Letters Patent No. 1,263,916,granted April 23, 1918, upon the application of Charles C. Meeker7 of Newa-rk, New Jersey,

for an improvement in Sad-Irons, was erroneously described and'specified as Bliss & Drake, whereas said assignee should have beendescribed and specied as Bless c@ Drake; and thatA the said LettersPatent should be read with this co1'- rection therein that the same mayconform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

l signed and Sealed this 14th day of May, A. D., 191s.

[SEAL] R. F. WHITEHEAD,

i Acting Commissioner' QfPate/ns. l C1. 158-23L l

